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DUMPING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY CARS.

Patented Oct. 9, 1894.

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DUMPING APPARATUS FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 527,117,dated October 9, 1894. Application filed February 28, 1898. S rial No. 463.650- (No model.)

, T aZZ whom it may concerm Be it known that I, TIMOTHY LONG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county'of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dumping Apparatus for Railway-Oars, of which the following is a specifia 2c The construction and operation of this apparatus are as follows, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation, showing my apparatus having a loaded car upon it ready for dumping. Fig.

3 is across section of the rails and gear upon which the end ring supporting the platform rides in rolling. Fig. 4 is a detached view of adjustable side rails for supporting the 0 car when the platform is rolled over.

Sheet 2, represents the device, with a car, rolled over and dumping its load. Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the invention, parts being broken away.

A A are heavy iron rings, secured firn11 together bya floor a and longitudinal rails a Upon the floor are laid rails r, a", forming the track for the car 0. The floor is also supported by braces a 40 B are transverse ways or tracks supported on a suitable timber, trestle-work or dock, which may be located near the water, convenient for dumping into boats, or at any other suitable place for unloading cars. These 5 tracks are composed of two rails, D, D, seen in cross-section in Fig. 3, having heavy gear teeth, in blocks, firmly bolted in between them. On the two end rings A, A, are also provided segments of heavy gear-teeth E, ex-

tending about one fourth around on the front Fig. 5,

side of said rings, and which mesh with the aforesaid gear of the tracks, as the said platform is rolled.

F is a shaft mounted in suitable bearings f, f, fixed to the trestle-work beneath the aforesaid transverse tracks B, and near the edge of theidock, having drums G, G, attached directly under said tracks.

' .H is a frame-work standing on the edge of the trestle toward which the platform rolls. To the drums G, G, are attached ropes or ca- "bles I, I, passing up and over pulleys J, at

the top corners of the frame H, and thence to and over, down and back of the end rings A,

A, thence over pulleys K, K, at the rear ends of the track B, and then to the drums again. The said cables are fastened to the rings A.

A. at as, so that the pull of the cable will roll them.

To the front of the. trestle are provided hinged aprons on slides L, upon which the load is dumped and which convey the load into a boat.

M is a lid or cover over the car, suspended at its middle part to cross bars N, N, in the rings A. Its front edge m is bent downward to cover the load at the side of the car, and hold it from falling out until the car has turned to the limit for unloading. Tothe rear side of. one ofthe middle rings is provided a latch lever O, which holds the cover from swinging until such time as the operator requires. By releasing the cover by unlatching, the load will push the cover away, and will run out.

Pis a platform attached to the rear side of the floor a, upon which the operator may stand.

Q is a lever fastened to the floor a and reaching out over the platform P, and has strong hooks R attached for hooking over the topedge of the car-body, and on the platform are provided hooks or ratchet bars S, for holding the lever Q and the car down on the track.

T are shorter and similar levers and books 9 5 for holding the car at the. opposite side, the hooks catching onto the car trucks.

U is a strong timber attached to the permanent side timber or rail a by links V, V,

which may be swung to bear against the side 10o of the car and is designed for supportingthe weight of the car when the platform with the car is rolled over.

From the foregoing the operationof this apparatus will be seen to be as follows :-lhe loaded car having been run in on the platform and secured thereon, is ready to be dumped. This is done by setting the shaft F and drums G G in motion, power being applied from a suitable source, hauling down on the cable and rolling the platform and car a quarter turn, discharging the load onto the chute. A reverse movement of the shaft and drums rolls the platform and car back again. After the car has been rolled over into position for dumping the load the latch lever O is operated to release the cover by pressingthe lower end thereof toward the car. The cover being released the end m will fly outward and the opposite end will correspondingly move toward the car and the le" ver 0 being released will assume the position shown in Fig. 5. The timber U is moved away from the timber a to which it is attached by the links V to the full limit of the latter when it is required to secure the car in place, as most clearly shown in Fig. 6. In this position the links V stand at right angles to the said beams and form a lock joint to retain the timber U in the adjusted position until moved positively.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. In a dumping apparatus a revolving platform comprising a series of rings, longitudinal timbers uniting the said rings, a floor supported and braced from thelower timbers, the lovers Q and T mounted on the floor and having grappling hooks connected therewith, the pivoted cover M, the latch-lever O to hold the cover M in either ofiits two positions, and the timber U connected by links V with one of the longitudinal timbers, substantially as described.

2. A dumping apparatus com prising a trestle-work provided with rails D having cog teeth secured between them, rings A connected by longitudinal timbers constituting a rolling platform, cog gearing E secured to some of the rings A to engage withthe said cog teeth, a door seen-red to the lower longitudinal timbers and stayed by braces a lon gitudinal tracks 1- on the floor, levers Q and T provided with grappling hooks to secure the car on the said door, a cover M pivotally supported between its edges, a latch lever O for securing the said coverin either of its two positions, a timber U, and links V connecting the said timber U with a longitudinal timber, substantially as described.

TIMOTHY LONG.

\Vitnesses:

GEo. W. 'lIBBrrTs, M. G. NORTON. 

